Yeah, though I’m sorta in agreement with the “too many Star Wars” idea, I will miss heading to the theater in December with my family to see the new installment. Since TFA, I’ve reserved the fancy seats at the theater for the first screening after my daughter got home for college break, and the whole family would go…

I lived in Crystal Falls, MI (the closest town to the fungus) when it was first discovered in 1992. It’s a tiny town in a sparsely populated, rural area, desperate for any attention that might draw a few more tourists. So after the discovery, the town started the “Humongous Fungus Festival” which includes mushroom…

My mom has it on VHS from the original HBO broadcast in the 80's. I’ll give her a call.

I’ve got to find/make a gif of that! It’s the kind of thing that will always make me laugh.

So if the abortion doesn’t take, it’s cool? Good to know.

Are you Winston from New Girl?

Does it do a decent espresso grind? I’m thinking of replacing my Solis burr grinder because little plastic parts keep breaking inside the mechanism.

“...the penis gets stuck at this impasse, giving the female more control about who impregnates her.” What is not mentioned is the reason this is especially important to female ducks is that they are often raped by male ducks, so “female choice” is not just about the whims of the female. I didn’t know this until just…

I was a kid in the 70's, and growing up, Reynolds was the epitome of a “movie star”. I have a vivid memory of my older female relatives passing around the edition of Cosmo containing his nude centerfold. Like someone else said, he’s was a personality who was always around and seemed would always be around.

I got through the sentence in the article referring to the “Magnum/Higgins chemistry” and thought, wow, Magnum is going to be gay in this version! Cool! But then got to the next sentence. Of course.

Around here the primary parade candy is a fruit-flavored Tootsie Roll knock-off called “Frooties”, which is an abomination and an insult to soft candies. It’s hard to find a real Tootsie Roll being tossed out in a parade these days.

Another upvote for creamed tuna! My mom would make that once in a while and I always liked it. As an adult, I made it for dinner once and my husband was not impressed. Maybe you had to grow up with it!

Thank you, AVClub/Takeout commentariat, for the appropriate responses to this article (at least so far). I’m guessing the other branches of the Kinjaverse haven’t gotten here yet.

Though I was certainly aware of Aretha before The Blues Brothers (I was 13 when it was released), the movie definitely cemented her status as an icon for me. She really does make everyone else in this scene seem like a bunch of no-accounts!

Ok, I just want to put this out into the intervserse that my kid was into Mitski way before she was cool. Not me, but my progeny. It’s as close as I will get at this point to being on the cutting edge of musical taste. Thank you for your time.

My husband used to record all kinds of stuff from public radio in the 90's, so we have a Capital Steps show that includes a parody of “The Sound of Silence” called “The Sound of Tsongas”. The guy died in 1997, but I will always remember him because of this stupid song.

Sean would have killed it.

Every year I lead a wild mushroom “foray” to introduce novices to the wonders of fungi. One of the main points I always emphasize is that you should never eat wild mushrooms raw. I’ve been in classes with enough expert academic mycologists (I am knowledgeable, but don’t consider myself an expert), and they put the…

“...and I am deeply over-invested in this show.” Thanks for the laugh, FTDM!

Yes, thanks for clarifying my post. Pineapple Express just seems like a whole different era to me. Oh, well... oldster, time flies, yadda yadda.